{"id":19769,"date":"2024-07-21T00:44:33","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T20:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accessabilitiesexpo.com\/?p=19769"},"modified":"2025-12-13T12:00:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T12:00:46","slug":"zip-up-sneakers-and-magnetic-fasteners-australias-paralympic-games-kit-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accessabilitiesexpo.com\/new\/zip-up-sneakers-and-magnetic-fasteners-australias-paralympic-games-kit-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Zip-up sneakers and magnetic fasteners: Australia\u2019s Paralympic Games kit revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;19770&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_border&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<ul>\n<li><em>Paralympics team unveil uniform during Australian Fashion Week<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Specially-tailored outfits to be worn at 2024 Paris Games<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Australian\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/paralympics\">Paralympics<\/a>\u00a0team is feeling empowered after modelling their uniforms for the Paris Games on the catwalk at Australian Fashion Week. The uniforms were unveiled at Sydney\u2019s Carriageworks Art Centre on Friday with 14 athletes in attendance, including wheelchair basketball captain Tristan Knowles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s the first day in my life I\u2019ve been a model \u2026 it might be short lived, I\u2019m much more confident backing myself on the basketball court,\u201d Knowles, who won gold at the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing and silver at the London 2012 Games, told AAP.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-jdlpgv\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19772\" src=\"https:\/\/accessabilitiesexpo.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/7633.1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/accessabilitiesexpo.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/7633.1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/accessabilitiesexpo.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/7633.1-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-jdlpgv\">\u201cWith 103 days out, it\u2019s a long time because you\u2019ve got to get a lot of hard yakka done,\u201d Knowles said. \u201cBut when you get to put on the team uniform &#8230; I want to get out there and play right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-jdlpgv\">The unveiling was hosted by Paralympic swimming great Ellie Cole, who won four gold medals at the 2012 Games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-jdlpgv\">\u201cWe all know that the Paralympic Games are more than just a celebration of athleticism,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s a statement of empowerment and a catalyst for change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/article\/2024\/may\/17\/paralympics-2024-paris-australia-team-uniform-australian-fashion-week\">The Guardian\u00a0<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;19770&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_border&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p> \tParalympics team unveil uniform during Australian Fashion Week<br \/>\n \tSpecially-tailored outfits to be worn at 2024 Paris Games<\/p>\n<p>The Australian\u00a0Paralympics\u00a0team is feeling empowered after modelling their uniforms for the Paris Games on the catwalk at Australian Fashion Week. The uniforms were unveiled at Sydney\u2019s Carriageworks Art Centre on Friday with 14 athletes&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":355,"featured_media":19774,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,23,43,28,18],"tags":[96],"class_list":{"0":"post-19769","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-english","8":"category-english-press","9":"category-event-news","10":"category-limitless-newsletter","11":"category-news","12":"tag-limitless-july"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/accessabilitiesexpo.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/accessabilitiesexpo.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/accessabilitiesexpo.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accessabilitiesexpo.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accessabilitiesexpo.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19769"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/accessabilitiesexpo.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33326,"href":"https:\/\/accessabilitiesexpo.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19769\/revisions\/33326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accessabilitiesexpo.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/accessabilitiesexpo.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accessabilitiesexpo.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accessabilitiesexpo.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}